The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-21
3JENNYJUNES CHAT.
Wanted a Homes aQderers Of New York.
The Spring Exhibition Of Pictures.
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burden of many cry in Now York, and else.
where to.day, If tho hearts that know could
tell their bitterness, All over tho country
there nrc thousands Of young men and wo-
men who watch Tho comings md goings Of
society people, or those who pass for society
people, as, they arc rctailcd In thcpapers, and
passionatcly long for tho opportunity to leave
town nests and fly fur away, hither, and
ithither, at no bidding save that Of inclina-
ton. They arc not tho first, and they will
not DO the last, to struggle with and yield TO
This restless desire. but how little they get
for what they throw away mn Increased mp
petite for wandering and tho loss iof home
and oil that 1t implies out Of their lives.
Hnlf tho men and women In Now York
city d ], not know what home means. They
board, they renta fiat, they break upandg 60
abroad, they come back and take "rooms,"
they drift between New York and Washing
ton, Newport and Old Point Comfort. They
have good tines" but they cannot nc.
cumulatc anything. They Give in trunk"
.-thcir. books, pictures, If they possess either,
arc stored away where moth and rust cor
rupt, md thieves do break In and steal.
Hospitality, friendly interchange Of visits,
the cultivation Of social cnmities, become a
dead letter. Neighbors and ncighborly acts
Of kindness arc unknown; they ''rcceivo'' n
crowd Of people once year In hotel parlor,
or tho nondcscript reccpt:on-rooms Of a
boarding-housc, md are gono with the
Season." no one knows where, and no one
cares. :, - H.
Tho making and preserving of home
requires some sacrifices, but 1t Is tho best
investment in tho world. There is nothing
that pays so well in the long run; nothing
that adds so much to tho permanent sweet
ness and tranquility of life. Its absence
,nndermincs the moral fabric of society In
our, great cities It, sends children to tho
street, and deprivcs men and women OF
their natural anchorage. liz ..tR1
Housekeeping is too hard in this coun.
try. Is tho, cry--"houscliold service is SO
dear, and It's quality gets worse and worse"
Granted but why not get rid of household
service? American women nrc perfectly ca.
pablo Of taking this bull by the horns and,
with the help Of their daughters, reducing It
10 submission. They have got tho habit OF
attending to. everything but their own bust
ness, of following the example set by very
rich women, or the wives Of very rich men,
ind breaking up the year into a few months
In town, few months in the country and
frequent visits abroad" which means n
cheap and dreary "pcnsion''-<pcnsion
sounds so much better thnn boarding house,
in some second-rate foreign tour. "
Z In the meantime how does the husband
manage to occupy himself? Separations and
divorces answer that question; but the un-
satisfactory matrimonial conditions are also
responsible for much of the falling of in the
number Of marriages that take place. T
Mr.. CORTLAND Palmer, the founder and
president Of the Nineteenth Century Club"
returned from Europe a few days ago to at.
tend tho final meeting Of the club for the
season, and also to participate in the discus.
sion Of tho question raised by Mrs. John
Sherwood in regard to a clubhouse and a
tinc: supper, rs a part of q now order oil
things for D progressive club. In point OF
fact, there is nothing novel in Mrs. Sher.
woods suggestion. Most of the male clubs
have fine houses and give fine suppers to
those who are willing to pay for them. The
line house and the possibilities of club
dinner or supper arc their chief attractions.
hut the Nineteenth Century Club wa.
founded Oh different principles. It was tt
bring together people of idcas and its dis
cnsslons Of vital questions were to be it
great formative feature. It's aspect ha.
changcd since 1t met in Mr.. Palmcr's parlor.
but tho discussions and the questioning u.s.
pect still furnish the motive for existence,
A great clubhouse would simply build walls
aEainst all enlarging and humanizing innu.
cnces, and big supper reduce it to the tcycl
. Of other swinish feasts. It would then be
come like other thines-a question Of raising
money to pay cxpenscs-and all else must
50 to the wall. - - \
Mr.. Moncurc D. Conway gave an interest
Ing address the other evening upon the dcsir.
ability Of clubs for the discussion of social
md literary topics. The difficulty in regard
TO tho formation and maintenance of such
clubs Is that OF the absurd divisions and
subdivisions Of social status among women.
5Awoman is perfectly safe if she; Is; a non.
entity. But women who have achieved moth
ing for themselves, but who obtained a little
prominence by: virtue Of their husbands
position or influence Of connections, cnioy
nothing 50 much as the idea of being priv.
legged and able to exclude those women whose
personal achievements have excited the ieal.
ousy Of their little minds from social hon.
OTIS. This influence acts as n dry rot upon
modern, social, and literary organizations.
The spring opening of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art was a great day this ycor,
for 1t witnessed the first exhibition at the
museum Of MI. G. vanderbilt's gift, Rosa
Bonhcur's picture Of, "..The Horse Fair,n and
ex.Judse Hilton's subsequent gifts Of Meis.
sonier'sand Dctaillc's famousworks. Madame
di Ccsnola and her daughter, In beautiful
spring toilets of brown aud canary and
iheliotrope and white, assisted General di
Cesnola.S the director, in receiving in the
great hall, almost every one known to litcra.
Iture and art In New York coming with con.
CALCULATIONS and to pay their respects.
;;is3;a""Ah well, said the general, renectiyely,
seventeen years were required to collect the
first million dollars worth Of, property 70,
tho museum. and the second, with three
hundred thousand dollars additional, all
came within. three months. . e Never rains
but it pours; people will want to die now, to
leave something to the museum, = remarked
a bystandcr. \ On ia seat nearby sat an Old
md stcadfastA friend Of the museum, Dr..
William 9. Prime, tho veteran editor Of the
Journal, Of Commerce. He was one. of the
founders, and has always been a trustee and
contributor to tho fund. Tho gifts count,
especially such magnificent ones as have
lately taiicn to thelot ofthe museum from The
estate Of Miss Catherine Wolfe and the cen,
orosity Of the gentlemen before mentioned:
But, after all, it is the men who foundedthis
noble enterprise and who have Quietly eon.,
tributetl thirty thousand dollars, mora or
less, every year, in addition to the city fund
for It's support and maintenance who deserve
public gratitude ~ y'i rs, Id.
81 The Century Club had m exhibit Of
usual interest recently in tho twelve me,
dallion portraits Of American authors lately
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